Scarborough News Briefs

Fitness fete

Marcia Grant, a physical education and health teacher at the Blue Point Primary School in Scarborough, has been named Physical Education Teacher of the Year by the Maine Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. A 21-year veteran of the Scarborough School Department, Grant earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education and health from the University of Maine at Orono and a master’s in adaptive physical education from the University of Wisconsin La Crosse. She will accept her award Nov. 5 at the Samoset Resort in Rockland.

Boilers belayed

According to Scarborough Town Manager Tom Hall, the town’s Energy Committee voted Sept. 20 to put off installation of tri-generation boilers in town hall. The committee had been looking at a system offered by local company Self-Gen that would have created electricity on site with natural gas turbines, while capturing waste energy from that process to heat and cool the building. Hall said committee members wanted more return-on-investment data before proceeding. In the meantime, he will use some of $160,000 budgeted last spring to buy at least on new conventional boiler as “a band aid” for three of six in the 1993 building that no longer function.

Fire study

Scarborough Firefighter Brendan Cassidy is one of just 27 recipients nationwide this year of an education scholarship from the International Association of Fire Chiefs Foundation, based in Fairfax, Va. “Our award winners represent the future of the fire and emergency services and it’s imperative that we assist them in their quest to serve and protect our communities,” said the group’s president Tony Campisi. Cassidy is a live-in student at the Black Point Fire Station. The $1,000 scholarship will help him to complete the second semester toward an Associate’s Degree in fire science technology at Southern Maine Community College.

Yellow Dot kickoff

Three local sites will host registration events for the Oct. 13 kickoff of the Yellow Dot program, launched by Gorham and Westbrook TRIAD groups to help area first responders provide life-saving aid in car crashes that leave motorists or their passengers unresponsive. Participants are given a yellow dot to place in the rear window of their vehicles, and an information packet to lock in their glovebox. If victims cannot speak, the dot alerts EMS techs to check for personal and medical information that could prove invaluable. Interested residents can sign up for the free program from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Oct. 13 at the Scarborough Walmart and at Public Safety Buildings in both Scarborough and South Portland.